A healthy ocean, a protected climate
Pacific Ocean Finance Programme – Insurance (POFPI) Federated States of Micronesia ; Fiji ; Kiribati ; Marshall Islands ; Nauru ; Palau ; Samoa ; Solomon Islands ; Tonga ; Tuvalu ; Vanuatu – Pacific Project leader : Willis Towers Watson Dates : N/A Classification Risks Solutions Actors Costs N/A Summary The Pacific Ocean Finance…
Living Shoreline Protection: Green Engineering to Restore Coastal Sand Dunes in Border Field State Park, San Diego Tijuana Estuary – United States Dates : 2018-2021 Project leader : Coastal Environments Classification Risks Solutions Actors Costs Summary Dunes play an important role in providing coastal resilience as natural sand reserves for the beaches, and by protecting…
Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project (TCAP) Tuvalu Dates : 2007-2024 Project leader : United Nations Development Programme Classification Risks Solutions Actors Costs Summary The combination of intensifying cyclone events with ongoing and accelerating sea level rise is expected to have dire impacts on the Pacific small island developing state of Tuvalu. In response, the Tuvalu Coastal…
AxSat Tampico, Gulf of Mexico ; La Serena, Chile – Latin America Project leader : Dynamic Genesis Dates : 2021 Classification Risks Solutions Actors Costs Summary The Gulf of California and the Gulf of Mexico are in the front line of the devastating impacts of climate change. Nearly a third of the Mexican population lives…
RESCCUE project: Ecological restoration and erosion control in Fiji Kadavu and Ra provinces – Fiji Project leader : The Pacific Community Dates : 2015-2018 Classification Risks Solutions Actors Costs Summary The development of economic activities (e.g. gravel extraction, commercial agriculture, inshore fishing, tourism, coastal infrastructure development) and the increase of extreme weather events (droughts and…
Wave Attenuating Fringing Reefs (WAFR) Mont Choisy – Mauritius Project leader : Subcon Dates : 2019-2020 Classification Risks Solutions Actors Costs Summary Mont Choisy beach suffers from chronic erosion at the southern end of an approximately 1.9 km long crescentic beach. An extensive technical assessment and design by eCoast from 2014-2017 revealed that erosion at…